{"product_id":"2940016315041","title":"In the Weeds","description":"Sometimes it dies. Sometimes it returns home. But sometimes, a fish out of water is the one that will learn to walk. When a small-town Missouri man spends a month in three modern-day communes, he is given a chance at a new life, but, as a man who never took chances, he is hesitant, and for some reason the reassurance of couple passing nudists doesn’t seem to help.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jacob Marsh thought about it, he wasn’t quite sure how it happened. One day his was in class, and the next he was on the road, ready to chronicle the daily life of three thriving intentional communities. The first, Flower Mound, was an eco-village intent on carrying out a new form of anarchy that focused on fighting society by circumventing it. The second was a hidden hippie haven; an untamed, and often unclothed, group of people looking to escape law and order and regular showers. The last community was a religious group that straddled the line between commune and cult. All that was supposed to come of the trip was an interesting story to go home with, but when reason ruled the commune, and sex, drugs and a pheromone-infused rapping drifter populated the so-called real world, Jacob is no longer sure who is right, what is true, or where he should call a home. For the first time in his life, he must take control of his destiny and make a decision, one that has the potential to change his life forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Weeds is a work of narrative nonfiction, complete at 76,000-words. The novel focuses on the daily life of the community members, attempting to define a forgotten but still very active counter-culture through various snapshots of conversation, observation, and ideology. Woven into the story is the personal journey of the author and main character who is attempting to find his own version of a home. In a time when protest and unrest are ever increasing, the question of ‘What other options do we have?’ is being asked by people of every age and demographic, and especially by the youth. Whether the answer can be found at one of these communities is left to the reader, but one thing is undeniable: this community-style living is happening, and it is working. In the Weeds is a fast-paced journalistic romp through three intentional communities that answers the whos, whats and whys of community life while simultaneously challenging the reader to reevaluate what constitutes ‘normal’ society and where his or her place is in it all.","brand":"Barefoot Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081211298032,"sku":"2940016315041","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016315041_p0.jpg?v=1763640374","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016315041","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}